William betts



WILLIAM BE'ITS., 0F WHARF ROAD, ENGLAND.

l Letters Patent life-"(1,124, dated November-19, 1867.

iMPnovLo 'METALLIC cAPsULssron B orrLLs.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM BETTS, of- Wharf Road, Middlesex county,England, have invented an Improvement in Metallic Capsules forBottles,etc.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to those capsules which may be described astrademark capsules, and which are intended to prevent fraud by affordinga guarantee of the geuuineness of the contents of the bottle covered bysuch a capsule, and by preventing the re-use of the name of the firm ortheir trade-mark, as, according to this invention, the capsule itself`serves the purpose of a label, which is not only clearly visible fromthe side of the bottle, but must necessarily be destroyed by the veryact of opening the bottle.

In order to enable others to make and apply my invention, I will nowproceed to describe the manner'of constructing the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of thisspecification, and in which Figurel is a sectional view of my improvedcapsule for bottles, etc., and

Figure 2 a view showing the capsule applied to the neck of a bottle.A

A is a capsule, of lead, tin, or other malleable metal, which, in thepresent instance, is of the' form shown -in the drawing. Upon anysuitable part or .parts of the body of the 'capsule I produce, by theaid of type orsurface printing and gold-leaf` or otherfoil or metallicpowder, the name of thel rm, with or without a special trade-mark orornamentation. y j v One Inode of carrying out this invention consistsintaking ordinary type or printing surfaces corresponding to the designto be printed on the capsule, and printing -the same on the capsule ingold-size, or other suitable adhesive material, after which I applygold, silver, or other metal vleaf or lfoil, after the manner ofordinary gilding; or powdered metal or pigments may be applied over thesize, andthe superfluous powder or leai` then removed, when the` name ortrade-mark will be clearly visible on the capsule; or I take type or aprinting. block, made the reverse to' ordinary type, andI applygold-size, or other suitable adhesive preparation, to such printingsurface. -I then pre-ss thereon a sheet `oi`foil, and from vthis sheet Itransfer the impression to the side of the capsule by rubbing orpressing the foil, the flexibility or pliability'ol` thefoilfacilitating the transferring of the size to the curved surfaceofthe capsule. The gold' or other metallic foil, or powder or powderedpigment, is then to be applied to the capsule, when the name or devicewill appear clearly thereon; or, in lieu ol' metallic foil or powder,any suitable printing-ink, colored or not, may be employed; or the nameor trademark may be produced by a stencilling process; or the lettersand trade-mark may be stopped out of the'body of the capsule, whenthelatter is colored, so as to yshow the name and design in plain metal,whilst the rest of tbe capsule is colored. These namesl and trade-marksmay be produced, it desired, in two or more colors, by successiveprintings, whereby lthe elect of multicolored trade-marks will beobtained. In some cases the name and trade-mark, or name or trade-mark,may be embossed .or stamped on the body or side of the capsule.

Although this mode of producing trade-mark capsules is more particularlyapplicable to the long capsules employed in the champagne trade, it mayobviously be employed for short capsules. In all cases where folds oroverlaps are formed down the sides of the capsule, in applying them to abottle-neck, care should .be taken that such folds or overlaps come, asnearly as practicable, equidistant on eachside of the device producedon.

the body of the capsule, whereby a. neater appearance will be obtained,and all interference with the words or design on the sides of thecapsule will be obviated. v I I claim as my invention, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- A metallic capsule, constructed forapplication to the neck of a. bottle, as described, and on whichatrademark or title is stamped or otherwise permanently imprinted, forthe purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

W.v BETTS'.

Witnesses: p

CHARLES Guenswiiienr, Jas, E. BEESLEY.

